Sorry for waiting so long to get you this:
"Exclusive wedding sites play hard to get" by Liz Logan, New York Times March 15, 2015
NEW YORK — When Julia Greenberg, 27, became engaged last Thanksgiving to her longtime boyfriend, Carl Wolf, she didn’t realize she would have to wait more than a year and a half to get married at her favorite place, the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. In January, with other couples circling, they quickly signed a contract for a Saturday in July 2016.
“The whole situation felt a little crazy, because there were so few dates available,” Greenberg said. “We had to move fast.”
Many couples want a site with indoor and outdoor options, and there are very few high-end spaces in Chicago, with its limited outdoor season, that offer both, said Reva Nathan, a wedding planner who is working with Greenberg and Wolf. All this makes the Adler, which allows couples to hold their wedding ceremonies outside and which offers a sweeping view of Lake Michigan and the skyline, a coveted wedding site.
There is a growing demand for weddings at notable cultural institutions, quirky urban warehouse spaces or picturesque resorts, farms and vineyards that are easily accessible from major cities.
You might want to check that wine.
To secure a Saturday at these sites, many of the wedding planners from around the country interviewed for this article said that it was not unusual for couples to have to book up to 18 months to two years ahead, or settle for having their wedding on a Friday or a Sunday, which has become common in the last few years.
Price, popularity, and exclusivity (some locations accommodate only a few weddings each year) are all factors that can contribute to a wedding site being difficult to obtain.
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If money is no object, a wedding at a museum or cultural institution in New York City is a possibility....
In Boston you may be able to try the Gardner Art Museum. I see that its safe now and there is plenty of room still. Or you could have it in a gem of setting designed by a person of quality.
Securing a wedding date at some of the other coveted resorts can be a challenge as couples contend with corporate events and the general clientele. Sometimes an expensive buyout is required.
For another distinctive setting, some couples turn to private estates —
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Greenberg says she does not mind waiting more than a year and a half to be a summer bride at the site of her choice; her demanding job as a lawyer, for one thing, makes a long engagement a sensible choice....
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Honestly, I really am tired of the self-centeredness of cho$en $upremaci$m in all its forms passing itself off as a newspaper. No wonder they call it the Jew York Times in some circles.
